California Health Sciences University on Wednesday broke ground on a new campus in Clovis, which is slated to house its proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine. The school is expected to begin enrolling students in the fall of 2020.

For some time, a corporation based in India had also planned to open a second medical school in downtown Fresno around the same time. But the dean of the proposed California Central Valley College of Osteopathic Medicine confirmed the plans for that school have been scrapped. Delays in paperwork from the state led to a reorganization of leadership and the school is no longer being planned for California.

When we consider medical providers, what comes to mind may be doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants. But what about pharmacists? A new law has allowed them to greatly expand their role to become providers—which could be good news for patients struggling to access doctors. But one major obstacle still stands in the way of pharmacists taking on patients. This latest installment of our series Struggling For Carebegins with the story of a community pharmacist in Kern County looking toward the future.

UCSF Fresno has received a state grant to expand its training programs for medical residents and fellows. The university will receive $2.15 million over three years from the Office of Statewide Health and Planning thanks to the Song-Brown Program—a state law that provides grants in order to increase training for primary care providers throughout California. The funds will be used to support UCSF Fresno’s programs in Family and Community Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Obstetrics and Gynecology.